You’re Invited | BCLI Thursday Night Issue Series: Equitable Neighborhood Change

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Nexus Community Partners invites you to participate tonight in the next installment of their their Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) Thursday Night Issue Series. At issue is Equitable Neighborhood Change, to be discussed by local leaders working to advance equitable development in Twin Cities neighborhoods. See below for more details and to register!
You’re Invited! Join us this Thursday to explore:
 
Equitable Neighborhood Change
How do neighborhoods define what equitable change looks like? How do communities of color benefit from development and prevent gentrification and displacement?

Join us to hear from local leaders working to advance equitable development in Twin Cities’ neighborhoods!

    Speakers Include:
    • Staci Horwitz, Program Director, City of Lakes Community Land Trust
    • Shauen Pierce, Executive Director, Harrison Neighborhood Association
    • Caty Royce, Director, Frogtown Neighborhood Association
    When: Thursday, December 4, 2014: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
              Appetizers & Networking: 5:30-6:00 p.m.
              Program Begins: 6:00 p.m.

    Where: Goodwill Easter Seals
              553 Fairview Ave N, St Paul
     

    About the BCLI Thursday Night Issue Series: 

    As part of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI), Nexus hosts five Thursday Night Issue Series to bring together dynamic, collaborative, cross-sector events designed to build shared knowledge on broader equity issues in the Twin Cities. The BCLI is a 7-month leadership program that trains, supports and places people of color and other underrepresented community members on city boards and commissions to advance a regional equity agenda. For more information about the BCLI, contact Angie Brown at abrown@nexuscp.org.
     

    All BCLI Thursday Night Issue Series are FREE and open to the public.

    Copyright © 2014 Nexus Community Partners, All rights reserved.

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